Top tipples to gift your mum this Mother’s Day
From elegant wines to champagne, treat your mum to one of these top drops next Sunday, says Sam Wylie-Harris
Something we’ve become a dab hand at – fixing our own drinks. But with Mother’s Day brunches and champagne afternoon teas, or swooning over sumptuous interiors in an Insta-worthy boutique bar while sipping cocktails all off the cards right now, it’s just as well.
A second Mother’s Day in lockdown means one thing – this year, mums deserves double the fuss. And while you may not be able to celebrate this special day together, there’s a sense of optimism as we reach out, raise a glass, and show our mums how much they mean to us.
Here’s our top picks for Mother’s Day.
Bathtub Gin Gift Pack with Enamel Mug, £34.95, Master of Malt
Brown paper, string and wax. We love the back-to-basics bottling of Bathtub smallbatch gin – a Victorian apothecary springs to mind, while the enamel mug, illustrated with wild garnishes (not pictured), captures on-trend #cottagecore vibes too. Juniper forward with fragrant citrus and cardamom, notes of fresh orange peel and cinnamon become more pronounced when tonic’s added – put the gin into a sour, and mum will be in for an extra treat. Here’s the recipe for her to try at home.
Ingredients: 50ml Bathtub Gin, 50ml rhubarb and ginger syrup, 25ml lemon juice, 1 egg white, rhubarb ribbons to garnish.
Method: Add the ingredients to a cocktail shaker and dry shake (no ice). Then add ice and shake hard. Strain into a short glass and garnish with rhubarb ribbons. Divine through to the finish.
Chambord Premium ‘French Martini’ Golden Cocktail Making Gift Set, £47.50, Amazon
Who wouldn’t want to crown the day with a fruity, French martini made with Chambord, the iconic black raspberry liqueur that tastes as good as it looks? Exquisitely presented in this glamorous gift set, mum’s mixology essentials include a gold cocktail shaker, measuring jigger and stirrer, two delicate glass coupes, two mini bottles of Finlandia Vodka and the velvety smooth Chambord, with its regal, orb-shaped bottle. All she needs to do is add 20ml Chambord, 40ml vodka, 60ml pineapple juice, shake the ingredients over ice (until nice and frothy) and strain into a chilled coupe. Ta-da!
No3 Gin x Wildabout Gin & Garnish Bouquet, £85, Wildabout (nationwide delivery from March 8-13)
A showy bouquet celebrating the best of botanicals and blooms, Wildabout Flowers has teamed up with multiaward-winning No3 Gin, a classic London Dry with refreshing layers of juniper, citrus and spice, to whisk her away to a world of citrusy essence and sunshine. Clusters of fragrant mimosa and creamy white narcissus “bridal crown” flowers are spiked with rosemary, mint, lavender, sage and thyme, so mum can pick her garnish, fresh from the bouquet. Recipe card included.
Glass, £39.76, Amazon
Nothing beats a classic coffee cocktail at home, especially when all the hard work’s been done for you. Grey Goose has worked its magic in this mini martini cocktail kit – all that’s left is to garnish the branded glass with three coffee beans and a pinch of salt.
Simply add 25ml Grey Goose Vodka, 25ml Patron XO Cafe and 25ml Minor Figures Coffee into a cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously and strain into a chilled glass. If mum prefers hers less sweet, add more vodka and reduce the amount of Patron XO Cafe. Done deal.
Perrier-Jouet Mother’s Day Special, from £75, Biscuit Boutique
We love this artfully styled collaboration between Perrier-Jouet and the Biscuit Boutique. A tasty treasure trove of salted-caramel biscuits illustrated with the familiar white anemones, created for the champagne house by Art Nouveau artist Emile Galle for its famous Belle Epoque flower bottle. Available in a box of nine or 16, the biscuits are coated in Belgian chocolate and pair perfectly with the floral, delicate nuances and citrusy freshness of P-J Grand Brut Cuvee.